Amy is doing a science experiment on how a certain bacterium reacts to an antibiotic. She has 3 dishes of identical bacterium samples with 12 bacteria in each dish. She gives an antibiotic to all of the bacteria in one dish. All of the treated bacteria died, and the bacteria in the other two dishes survived.

Identify the population in the situation above.

A. all the bacteria in all 3 dishes
B. all the bacteria in the treated dish
C. all bacteria everywhere
D. the antibiotic

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Amy is doing a science experiment on how a certain bacterium reacts to an antibiotic. She has 3 dishes of identical bacterium samples with 12 bacteria in each dish. She gives an antibiotic to all of the bacteria in one dish. All of the treated bacteria died, and the bacteria in the other two dishes survived.

Identify the population in the situation above.

A. all the bacteria in all 3 dishes
B. all the bacteria in the treated dish
C. all bacteria everywhere
D. the antibiotic